Reviews

Taunted Souls: A Friends to Lovers Romance For the past five years, Lucas Akins has been in love with his best friend Shayna Davies. Anyone with eyes could see, even Shayna. Yet she’s been fighting off her own feelings too! As they attempt to continue a life together as just friends, the universe steps in…

Advertising continues to grow and evolve as the world of internet marketing takes hold. For business large and small, this can pose a serious question: is physical signage dead in marketing strategy? The short answer is, no, it’s still relevant. The strategy may have changed in what makes it effective. Here’s why signage in advertising…

I’m spending some time up in the mountains this winter. As a Florida girl, it has been eye-opening. I’m COLD, I mean REALLY COLD. It is weird because I lived in the snow belt in Ohio for four years but I’ve been back home in Florida for almost 20 now. I guess I forgot how…

Sponsored – all opinions are my own. I’ve been working for myself for a long time. I honestly don’t think I could work for anyone else at this point. I really like the freedom of doing my own thing and I’m always looking for more opportunities to work from home for myself or to pass…

I usually have a large garden every year but this year time got away from me and it is such a huge undertaking that I just didn’t have the energy. Even though I didn’t have my garden I still cook with a lot of herbs. I recently found Pop and Cook and it is pretty…

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Snapple®. The opinions and text are all mine. #Takes2toMangoTea #Walmart Summer just started and it has been so busy already. I usually home school year round but this year we’re taking it a little easier since there is so much fun going on. We’re…

Isaac Asimov meets Charles Dickens with a dash of Jonathan Swift… In a world that is a science experiment gone horrifyingly wrong, scientist Audrey Novak awakes from a centuries-long sleep to discover that her work has been used to create an appalling world. Aided by commoners, bots, and another refugee from 20th century America, Audrey…

Sponsored by Gosh but all opinions are my own. Every time I turn turn around my cell phone battery is dead and sometimes that isn’t a problem but other times I’m in the woods hiking, at the beach, or at Disney. Have you ever been at Disney and tried to find out when your fast…

I received a copy for my honest review, no other compensation was received. My mother-in-law has a huge china cabinet full of beautiful China plates, saucers, and cups. We use them once or twice a year but I think they are so beautiful she should use them more. Especially for everyday tea. This Royal Bone…

Sponsored by Zazzle but all opinions are my own. If you’ve been a follower of my blog for awhile you know that I love wine. Before I was a blogger I was a GM of a restaurant with ta 300 bottle wine list. It was impressive and I have drank REALLY good wine. Since I…

Are you visiting St. Augustine soon? Passing by on your way to Disney? Here is a list of my 7 best places to eat around St. Augustine, Fl. This is where the locals eat!! Click the collection below to view. Check out 7 Best Places to Eat Around St. Augustine, Fl by Mandie Stevens at…

Brought to you by IntelliARMOR, all thoughts are my own. My husband laughed at me every time he looked at my phone. He is the one who told me I needed a screen saver but when I did get one and applied the screen protector it was full of horrible bubbles. I kept it because it was…

This post is part of a sponsored campaign with HP and MomSelect. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I love to make fun things and when I heard about HP Social Media Snapshots I couldn’t wait to try them. I loved them so much I had a fun party so we could share with our friends. We…

Over the past year we’ve been much more conscientious of taking care of those around us.We donate to food banks, we offer assistance when we can, and recently we started collecting box-tops for our local schools.Yes, it is true that we homeschool but have many friends who go to public school and of course we…

Sadie Perkins has a sixth sense about things—especially people dying. Her clairvoyance has never bothered her until she starts to believe that her visions are causing the deaths of those around her. After her latest relationship ends … badly … Sadie swears off love for good. While searching for an uncomplicated life, Sadie finds her…

I received a product for review, no other sponsorship was received. I’m always looking for a fun craft for my girls to try and when I saw these craft kits didn’t have any added fillers, additives, dyes or synthetics to any of their products I was thrilled.They use nature’s ingredients in their purest form.My girls were so…

I had to run to St. Augustine to pick up some furniture and on the way home we swung into one of my favorite restaurants, Smokin’ D’s BBQ and I love it so much I wanted to tell you all about it. It is a tiny building at a crossway on US1 and SR 206….

Are you looking for an extremely easy dessert recipe? Check out this NO-BAKE Reese Cheesecake cups. I’m not a fan of the boxed no-bake cheese cakes. I find them a little dense in general, so when I decided to tackle a no-bake cheesecake I knew from the start I wanted to know EXACTLY what was…

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Holmes Products. All opinions are 100% mine. I live in Florida and this time of year is so dry. It affects my sinuses horribly. I always get an infection if I don’t have a humidifier on. My husband needs one for his skin. If…